Corn harvester



AJ. W. FROM.

coRN HARVESTER.

APPUCATION FILED OCT. Il. 1917- mama Mar. 2S, 41922.

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INVENTOR James WIomg ATTORNEY 1.`W. FROM.

1 com HARVESTER. l APLlCATION FILED OCT. H., 1917- 1,41 1,009, Patented Mar. 28, 1922.

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James WEWV,

INVENTOR v WITNESSES 1N J. W. FROM.

CORN HARVESTER.

APPLICATION FILI-:D ocIa II. 1917.

Patented Mar. 28, 1922.

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James WFPOHM INVENTOR lmll IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIl!Illl HI!! lllll WITNESSES A-r-ro R N EY 1. W. FROM.

CORN HARVESTER.

APPLICATION FILED oc1.11,1917.

Patented Mar. 28, 1922.

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WITN ESSES l.` W. FRU-M.

(JOHN` HARVESTER.

APPLICATION man om, 11, 1911.

Patented Mar. 289 T1922.

Lmmoa 5 SHEETS-SHEET 5- Amm@ IIVNTOR ATTORNEY WITN Essas JAMES w. `raoivr'or SHELBY, NEBRASKA.

conn HARVESTER. r

Limone.

Application mea octbbr 11,1917., seriainaieaosr.

[o all whom t may concern:

Be it known that l, JAMES lV. FROM, a citizen of the` United States, residing at Shelby, in the county of rPolk and State of Nebraska, have invented a new and useiul Corn Harvester, of which the following' is a specification. y. y

This invention has reference to corn har,- vesters of the type and of the same general construction as that shown and `described in Letters Patent No. 1,175,743, granted to me March 14,1916.`

The object of the invention is to improve the mechanism and operation of.' the Inachine and to save material which has heretofore been lost.

The invention comprises among other things means to catch the ears of corn as they fall from the snapping rolls and deliver them onto a conveyor without loss of the corn, and at the same timeprevent the corn from choking in iront of the snapping; rolls and in the 'feedingmechanism'.

The invention further comprises `means for catching' shelled corn under thehusling` rolls and ,directing itltofa receptacle,` such Vas a wagon., by means of a conveyor., l

In addition` to the named improvements, there are other improvements which will hereinafter appear.

The invention will he best understood from 'a consideration of the following detailed description, taken in connection with the accompanying drawings formingl part of this specification, with the furthefrunderstanding that, While the drawings showa practicalform ofthe invention, the latter is not'conined to any strict conformity with the showing,` of the drawingsbut may be changed and modified so long asy such changes and modiiications come within the scopeof the appended claims. p l f In the drawings: i o Figurel is a side elevation with some parts in section and other' lparts' broken away ofv the corn harvester or husker of the invention; p y p -k Fig. 2 :is a similar side` elevation, but of the opposite side of the machine;

Fig. 3 is a front elevation;`

rig. 4. is. a Section@ than@ 444 pf Fig. 3 lookingfin the direction offtlielar,A

row` i. p Fig. 5 is asection' Vonftlie line `5;5f 7of Fig. 43 'looking` in the `direction of the ar- 'specification of Lettrsra'eat.- 'patented MM5 es, maa.

Fig; is a `fragmentary `vertical section through aL part lofthe husking mechanismi `l5`1, ;.w 7 is a plan Vview ofthey structure shownin Fig. 6;

F 1g. `8 is an elevation as seen alon'gthe line 8-,8 of Fig'. 6;

hFiLg.' `9 `is asection on the"` line 9,-9` oi" Flgn; vFig. l0 is a section on the line l0-l0of Fig-"6; i

Fig.` ll a `"seotionion the line ll--'llot Fig.` l2 a detail view of the connecting` means for the snappingrolls,L n o Fig.y 13 is a section on the line 13-13 of Referring to the drawings, there is shown an axle'lfcarriedat opposite ends by wheels 2and 3 respectively.V ,Mounted on the axle isla frame L having at the end remote from the axle a caster steering` wheel 5 on one end of a ypost 6 provided with a steering handle "Z locatedvabo've the operator-s plat-y forinS. `In the operation themachine, the steering endfis therear end, and provision is made inthe `forni of' `pin"9 or otherwisehfor the attachment of Vdraft rigging, whereby draft animals maybe utilized i'or propelling` the machine similar Lto the arrangement illustrated inthe aforesaidLetters Patent.4 tionfo the vehicle is a. platform l0 ony which is mounted Vaprirne mover ll which may be but no attempt has been lmade to illustrate coV ,"Erected onthe iframev over the axle por-` an)T particular form of explosion engine,-

since :there are numerous forms of such power units `available 'for the purposeon the market. V

` The framework ofthe vehicleand the parts `thereof may be made of angle metal or, square tubing` or; other forms of inaterial, but 'the particular construction of such Vframe-work is not material'to the invention.

Extending forwardly 'ifrom` the part of `the V:trame carrying the axle," which latter Vouter triangular'jwalls 14"and 15"respec ltively,v deiningfbetween them a channel.

The` walls constitute the gatherers of the corn harvester, and as they may begenerally similar to the arrangement shown in the aforesaid Letters Patent, no particu# lar description thereof is deemed necessary.V The entering end of each gathererformed`` by the Walls 14 and provided Witlra guiding .nose 16 at the'y forward` end ofthe corresponding wall. The high ends o f ythe posts 13` are connected together Aby a transverse bea1n17 arrangedl to carry certain Located be-A mechanismsV to beV described.

` tween and extending lengthwise of each pair Vso of posts 13 is a pair of snappingrolls 18 which may be similar to snappinglrlls" as ordinarily constructedi Each roll 18 isjupright and has a supporting bearing 19 at the lower end and a` pintle 2O at the upper end, the pintle extending through the'b'eam 17. One of the bearings 19 is fixed to' a" corresponding post 13, While the other is mount--V ed on aI plunger or suppo1't 2`1f inovable in a guide 22 which may be ivhollygor in part formed by one of the beams of the main frame, considering such beams as tubular or similarly shaped. The plunger`21 isi engaged by a spring v2 3 in the guide22 so that one of the rollsr18 is yieldable with respect to the Vother but has a constant tendency to-Y Ward it.

The pintles 20 eac'lrc'arry a'pinion 25 meshing Withother pi'nio'ns 2G in' turn meshlng with eachother, so rthat thev rolls 1S -are Voppositely connected for simultaneous although opposite rotation, While .-still yieldable to the passage of' corn stalks hetiveen them without liability of gettingfout of 1nesh. Y

Feed chains 27 are mounted in thef gatherers tol direct the Vcorn stalks and hold them upright, while being acted upon by the inachine. Such features,V however, need no special description, since they are show/hand described the afoesaidulietters Patent.

Y Mounted in each outer Wall 14 of a gatherer is an elongated roll 28 `extending in th'same direction as the line of travelof the machineY l,and upwardly slanting at a' slightangle to the'horizontal..` lh'e roll tapers'at the front end and is mounted on azshaftifor `tlc 29 having journal bearingsnear theends .and at the rearor higher end' the pintle carries abevel gear Wheel 30: y

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Journaled in supports "columns orrpfosts 13jis a substantiallyiup- 3,41 and 35 atdiferent. heights, t e bevelgear' wheels or pinions 30 and 'itermeshng.

Journaled in supports 36 on the other one of the posts 13 isa' substantially upright shaft 37 carrying bevel gear wheels 38 and 39 and' at sprocket Wheel 40.

The pinion 34 meshes with another bevel pinion Y41- on one end of a shaft 42 jdriving, -through suitable sprocket connections, the 'corresponding'oneof the chains 27. A similar shaft 43 having la bevel pinion 44 meshing With the pinion 39' drives the other chain 27. j

The WallA l'has'mount'edin its lower-portionjan endless feed chain 45 enga-gingabout the sprocket Wheel 40. The pinions 33 and 3 8 mesh with other bevel pinions 46 and' 47 on a shaft 48 journaled in suppo1ts'49A carried by the posts 13, and this shaft has fast thereon a sprocket wheel 50 engaged by a sprocket chain 51A extending about asprocket vvheel 52 connected' to and driven by one of the main Wheels ofthe machine, say the Wheel sothat a's'the' machine travels over the ground motionis impartedto thevarious Y feed chains in the gatherers. f

. One of the snapping rolls 18 of each pair hasits pintle 20 providedv with a' bevel pinion 53 meshing with a bevel Vgear or pinionmounted ,o'n'a shaft' extending crosswise of the machine and supported byfjournal bearings 56 erected on the beam17.v Also fast on the shaftf is a sprocket Wheel 57 aboutwhl'ch there' extends a'sprocket Ycham 5 8 in Vturn extending tovvardthe rear of the machinevvhere 1t 1s carried about agsprocket Wheel-59011 a shaft 60 suitably journaled on the frame of the machine and utilized for theactua-tion of certain parts to be described.

The shaft 60 is driven bya sprocket chain 61 passing about a. sprocket vheel62 on the 'l' shaftfGQ and 'also about another sprocket vvhee'l on the power shaft of the engine 11. Another sprocket chain A64 driven the shaft GOengagesabout a sprocket Wheel V65 on another shaft 66 on which in 'turn therev ismountedanother sprocket vheel 67 connected by 4 still another sprocket chain 68 to a sprocket VWheel 69 on another shaft 7,()` jou-rnaled at the upper end-of an inclinedconi veyer 71. Y A Y Y Traversing thebody of the conveyerfll is a conveyer belt 72'` driven bythe shaft 7i) and 'which may, correspond to conveyers ordinari-.ly employed, and, hence needing no ,de- .scriptloIL The fconveyer 71 ivith itsV belt 7 2 extends lengthwise through the middle porl tion of theomachine to a low point between the gatherers and close to the recv'eivin,` endsV of the naar; onuie' Simfree/'of @ath foil 28 there isjmounted a .cani 7 3l supporting one end of anagitator 74, which agitator has its 'other end vloosely mounted in Van V,upright jsupport 7 5 4l sogthat as Vtheroll 28 rotatsp the @este is' geen@ C'ofrepondins nr and dovvn movement. VThis agitator is located close .to the lower portions of the snapping .e delivery-chute 77. Underlyingthe delivery endof the chute 77 is a series of husking rolls 78 arranged in pairs, with the rolls of each pair connected by pinions 79 and urged together by springs 8O so that the rolls will grip the huskslof corn and strip them from theears, while the rolls themselves will vyield to the passage of the husks between them. The gears 79 arearranged in a like manner to the gears and need no special descripy tion.

The rolls are mounted upon a frame composed fof'a longitudinal bai Slandv cross bars82 joined together. Theportion of the husking roll frame carrying the gears 79 is the high end of the frame, said framebeing a slanting frame, while the other end of the frame has the rolls mounted in bearings A83'sufficiently' small in dimensions to offer no interference to vthe dischargefof the husked ears from the rolls onto an elevating conveyer 8e extending transversely of the machine beyond one side thereof. so that thehiisked ears maybe discharged into a` 'Wagon or other receptacle.

In orderto direct the earsfof corn before husking ontothe husking rolls each pair of husking rolls `is divided from the neighboring pairs by gable Vdivision members 85.

To prevent the ears of corn delivered onto the liusking rolls from escaping sidewise i i therefrom,` guards 86 are provided.

In order to force the husks between the husking rolls and so cause the latter to grip them, a blower 87 is provided, and this blower has a neck 88 with'adjiistable shutters `89 therein for causing rcurrents of air to strike onto the husking rolls and ears of corn thereon. The particular arrangement of theblower is shown and described in my Patent No. 1,092,349, granted April 7, 1914., for a corn husking machine, and therefore no particular description of it is needed in this case.

There is considerable wastage in corn husking machines and especially with respect to the husking rolls, because of the grains ofeorn which become loosened either before or when the ears of corn reach the husking rolls. To Vsave such loose grain, a screen 90 and pan 91 are located beneath the husking rolls and are agitated by eccentric connections 92 liavingthel eeeentrics the stalks andfallin'g thereon.

mounted on the shaft 60.` The lower pan 91 discharges into a lboxing 93 from" which the conveyer 84 rises.

The blower 87 is driven by a `belt 94C yreceiving motion from the engine 11. f

Vhen the machine is propelled along a field of eoi'n by means of draft animals,` the stalks of corn'pass into the gatherers and the ears of corn are snapped from the stalks in the usual manner, the rollsi28 keeping the snapping rolls clear from clogging. The rolls 28 are longitudinally ribbed, and on rotation serve to agitatethe corn falling on them, at the same time that the cams/73 on the shafts 29 of the rolls28 cause the vactuation of the agitators 74. `The rolls 28 may therefore be termed agitator rolls. The ears with the hu'sks on are then elevated to the rear of the machine and dropped onto the husking rolls where the husks are removed in a manner setV fort in the aforesaid Letters Patent first mentioned7 and the husked ears are ultimately delivered intov a suitable receptacleby way of the elevating conveyer Sil.` Tastageis prevented because of the means provided to catch all loose `grains of corn reaching and passing Vthrough the husking rollsg` j All/'theparts except those having to do with the gathering ofthe cornare power driven so that the draft' animals are relieved from a great portion' of the labor.

HlVhat is claimed is; l

1. A Vcorn harvesting machiner including a gatherer with a. passageway therethrough, snapping rolls loca-ted at the rear end of the passageway, and agi.tati'ngme'ans `constituting the bottoni portion of the passageway adjacent to thesnapping rolls and having a movement to direct corn falling there- `oii laterally from the passageway.

2. A. corn harvesting machine provided with a gatherer having a passageway therethrough foi" standing corn. 'snapping rolls yat" the rear end of the passageway.another il'.

rollat the bottom portion ofthe passageway adjacent l.to the snapping rolls andto one side of the path of standing corn through the passageway and rising and falling means associated `with fthe last' named roll. said roll extending?lengthwisegof `the passageway and having means for rotating it in direction to agitate'corn snapped from y A corn harvesting machine provided with a gatherer having a passageway therethrough for standing corn, snapping rolls at the rearv end of the passageway, means at one side of the passageway near the bottom thereof for directing the corn to the snapping rolls, and a roll on one side of and yextending lengthwise ofthe passageway and having means whereby to agitate corn snapped from the stalks and Afalling toward the bottom o f said passageway and with its upper surface rotatable toward.` the oppositeV side of the passageway from the roll to direct corn falling on said roll laterally from the passageway.

4. A corn harvesting machine provided with a gatherer having a passageway therethrough for standing corn, snappingA rolls at the rear end of the passageway, meansin the passageway for directing theV corn to theV snapping rolls7 and a roll on one side of and extending lengthwise of the passageway and provided with means whereby to agitate corn snapped from the stalks and fallingL toward the bottom of said passageway,.said roll tapering towards its forward end and rotatable to move its vupper surface toward the opposite side ofthe passageway to direct corn falling on the roll corn, snapping rolls at the reark end of theV passageway, means for directing corn to the .snapping rolls, 'a' longitudinally disposed4 slanting roll'atoneV side Yof and rotatable toward the other side of the passage- ,Y way, and constructed Vto agitate material falling thereon and means associated with theroll and located on the said other side of .the-passageway for directing the snapped corn away from fthe passageway in a direction laterallyto the line of travel ofthe machine. i

7. A corn harvesting machine including a frame provided, at*Y opposite sides with gatherers having passageways therethrough for standing corn, a conveyer intermediate of the gatherers, means associated with each gatherer and adjacent to the conveyer Vfor directing snapped4 corn toV theconveyer, and a roll in each gatherer onv the side thereof remote from and rotatable toward the conveyer for agitating snapped corn adjacent rto the snapping rolls gthe? conveyen y Y 8,. VA corn-harvestingmach-ine including and` directing it onto a frame provided at opposite sides with gatherers having passagewaystherethrough for standing corn, snapping` rolls a't the realt end of the passagewayv of eachgatherer, an agitating roll extending lengthwiseof each gatherer on the outer side ofthepassageway, therethrough, and rotatable-toward the inner side thereof, a: conveyerl between the gatherers, yand other agitating means in each gatherer extending toward-the inner j side of the passageway therethrough forl di recting snapped corn onto the conveyen 9...A corn harvesting machine provided with a gathererhavingsidewalls defining a passageway between them for standing corn, snapping rolls'atthe rear end ofthe passageway, corn directing-,means ati high points on4 each wall, corn, directing'means at a low point on one wall, anda longitudinally disposed agita-ting rollon they otherl wallopl posite the corn directing means -at the low pointonthe irstwali,

10. A corn harvesting machine provided with a gatherer havingva passageway therethrough for standing corn, snapping rollsat the rear end of the.passageway,and means rfor receiving andi deliveringv thesnapped corn lincluding a longitudinally disposed roll onone side ofthe passageway and ter.- minating adjacent tof and infront of the snapping rolls, a slanting platform on the otherside of the passageway with the vslant of. the platform lateraltothe length ofthe passageway, a camjcarried by the roll, and

ani agitator adjacent. tothe snapping rolls and actuated by thev cam.

n. A com harvesting mehmeprbviaea .with gatherers on opposite sides', snapping rolls at the rear. ends of the gatherers, means for direc-ting thecorn stal-ks to thegatherers,

a longitudinally disposed agitating-'roll in each gatherer near the V,bottom thereof, supporting wheels for the machine, and driving connections from the .supporting wheels tothe corn directing means and the longi- ,-tudinally disposed. rolls, whereby thenamed parts are actuated bythe. progressive mov@ ment ofthe machine, Y I Y .i In testimony that I claim` the Vforegoing as in the. presence-of two witnesses.

Viitnesses Y .1 'Y W. C. Corn,

ARTHUR SCOTT;

`1nyown,fI have hereto affixed my signature Y Y Jaimes WFROM. l 

